India, July 11 -- Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina is preparing to voluntarily return to Dhaka by December to revive her Awami League, sources close to her said on Friday.

Hasina, 78, has been living in India after she fled Dhaka following the collapse of her Government in August 2024 in the face of a massive anti-Government agitation.

It is completely a voluntary decision by her to return home, the sources said.

In November last, Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Dhaka for alleged "crimes against humanity" over her Government's brutal crackdown on student-led protests in 2024.

Since the verdict, Dhaka has been urging New Delhi to extradite her to face the law. She is not afraid to fac...